The Hill: Code Pink dogs Clinton on 2008 trail

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"One of Code Pink’s co-founders, Gael Murphy, said the group has been following Clinton for almost two years and will continue to do so until she introduces legislation to bring American soldiers home from Iraq. Murphy said it was likely the group would protest Clinton and other candidates at this morning’s forum sponsored by the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO.

“We think it’s important to put pressure on her as one of the most important politicians in the United States,” Murphy said.Murphy said not even an apology for the 2002 vote, like the one rival candidate and former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) has given, would appease the group.

“She’s welcome to apologize, and it would be great to hear her apologize,” Murphy said, adding that the group would only be satisfied with a candidate who will “sincerely demonstrate” his or her commitment to ending “the occupation” of Iraq.

Murphy said the group has been targeting a number of candidates, including Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), at whose Chicago field office it has been conducting weekly sit-ins.

But Clinton’s front-runner status has made her a marked woman for anti-war candidates."

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